RE: No Alerts Being Generated

["Shawn Kottke" <skottke () datalink com>]

Is your mysql snort database increasing in size? (check in
/usr/local/mysql/data for a standard install)
If you run "snort -c /etc/snort/snort.conf -v" do you see snort
detecting anything?
Is your acid configured correctly to link to the mysql database?
Have you rechecked the documentation that you used to set everything up
to make sure you did not miss a step?

Just a few thoughts.

Shawn

-----Original Message-----
From: snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net
[mailto:snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net] On Behalf Of Matthew K.
Lee
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 10:03 AM
To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
Subject: RE: [Snort-users] No Alerts Being Generated

Andrew,

Everything looks good.  I know that I had a glitch because my snort
password had special characters (i.e. #,$,etc.).  Once I changed the
password, things took off.

I'm out of suggestions.

Thanks,

Matthew Lee

-----Original Message-----
From: Kaplan, Andrew H. [mailto:AHKAPLAN () PARTNERS ORG] 
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 9:52 AM
To: Matthew K. Lee
Cc: Snort User Group (E-mail)
Subject: RE: [Snort-users] No Alerts Being Generated

Hi Matthew --

Thank-you for your reply, and here are the answers to your questions:

1. The owner/group permissions for /etc/snort are as follows:

drwxr-xr-x root root snort/ <- printout

2. I tried a portscan via NeWT and nothing appeared.

3. When I run the mysql command you mentioned in your e-mail, I am able
   to access the database via the mysql prompt.


-----Original Message-----
From: snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net
[mailto:snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net]On Behalf Of Matthew K.
Lee
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 3:47 PM
To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
Subject: RE: [Snort-users] No Alerts Being Generated


Andrew,

1. What are the owner/group permissions of /etc/snort?
2. Have you tried to send it traffic that would trigger a rule?
3. What happens when you do a 'mysql -u snort -p' with snort's password?

Matthew Lee
http://www.rycan.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Kaplan, Andrew H. [mailto:AHKAPLAN () PARTNERS ORG] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 2:35 PM
To: Snort User Group (E-mail)
Subject: [Snort-users] No Alerts Being Generated

I completed installing snort 2.2.0 (build 30) and have begun running it.
The
ACID GUI and /var/log/snort/alert files have not shown any alerts
even though the program has been running for over an hour. To verify
there were
no syntax errors in the snort.conf file, I ran the following:

snort -c /etc/snort/snort.conf

There were no errors and warnings, and the program appears to be running
properly. Where in snort.conf and elsewhere, should I check for 
configuration mistakes? I have included the snort.conf file here.
Thanks.

 <<snort.conf.29sept04.txt>> 


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